hiya folks!
Originally Posted by Slo-BV1
Hey Guys and girls (shouldnt forget the girls hey kitty), i have bee reading this forum for about the last week from the begining and it has been full of good info so a big pat on the back to all of you. I have had my X4 for like 2 weeks now and am itching to build it but am not allowed to until christmas day, do you know how much restraint i have had to put up with? I am sure you all do.
Now apart from the rear shock mount is there anything that is a necesity to get like different bearings for the clutch bell? And i am going to get some CVD's for the front but has anyone run it with just the dog bones?
Anyway enough of boring you all cant wait to build this car.
Cheers Daniel
I just finished up with a race and i noticed just before the race that the clutch bell rubs on the clutch shoe when pressed in, the clutch is built according to the kit instructions.
apparently, the clutchbell well in which the 2 5x8 bearings sit in is too deep
( to be precise 0.9mm too deep).
to remedy this, i bought a packet of 5mm shims from HPI ( get the ones which are ID5mm, OD6mm)
i started adding shims between the clutch nut ( ho704) and the closest bearing till the clutch was freely spinning. i eventually added the whole pack of 10x 0.1mm thick shims ( that would make it a 0.9 mm depth i had to shim up).
if your clutch bell is sticking to the clutch when you push it in, like mine.
go get the shims and add it on, otherwise your clutch may overheat and break during hard racing.
i'm seriously surprised that there is no instruction in the manual about this part of clutchbell shimming. only about clutch gap shimming ( its not the same!)
i guess thats why Mugen makes pro cars.... we gotta figure the car out ourselves....hyucks
-alexander